Wafu Ikebana Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770484723
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cupertino, CA, USA
Phone
4087999648
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$240
Expenses
$2,040
Assets
$38,751
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Fusako Hoyrup (President Emerita)
  • Mayshine Hwang (Vice President & Auditor)
  • Leona Fung (Vice President & Social Secretary)
  • Connie Chen (President of WIS & Corresponding secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Fusako Hoyrup (President Emerita)
  • Mayshine Hwang (Vice President & Auditor)
  • Leona Fung (Vice President & Social Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Wafu Ikebana Society philosophy teaches the practitioner "to arrange the flowers that you like--suitably--in a container that you like. This philosophy nurtures each artisan's aesthetic sense while providing the artist with extensive ikebana instruction.

What it reported doing in 2025

Club Outreach Activities: * On 6/17/2025, Fusako Sensei made an arrangement for the FUHSD Graduation event. * On 9/19/2025, Mayshine Hwang presented Wafu to demonstrate at I.I SF Chapter. * On 10/18-19/2025, The 55th Anniversary Flower Show of Wafu School of Ikebana California Chapter. * On 11/21/2025, Leona Fung presented Wafu to demonstrate at I.I SF Chapter. * On 12/12/2025, Jini Yoshimoto demonstrated at I.I SF Chapter for the New Face Program. * On 1/16/2026, Fusako Sensei performed a demonstration at I.I SF Chapter for the New Year program. * On 1/20/2026, Connie Chen demonstrated at I.I Monterey Chapter. * On 1/30/2026, the Wafu Annual New Year Party was at Cupertino Community Center, and Fusako Sensei performed a demonstration. The party had about 70 participants, including members, guests, family, and friends. * On 3/21/2026, Fusako Sensei performed a demonstration at I.I SF Flower Show. * On the first week of March, Fusako Sensei and Connie participated in Bouquets to Art at the SF De Young and Legion of Honor Museums. * On 4/11-12/2026, at the SF Cherry Blossom Festival, Mayshine, Leona, Lily, Lynn, Jini, and Connie exhibited their Wafu arrangements, and Connie gave a demonstration. * On 4/18/2026, Sensei was invited by Lily Chang and the board of Palo Alto Women's Club to perform a demonstration at Palo Alto Women's Club. *

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -750%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 19; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.